2008 CALENDAR:
July 18
Children's Story Time at Cascade Library, 2870 Jacksmith Ave. SE (Good Room): Mamma Moo Goes Down a Slide by Jujja Wieslander
10-11:30 AM
August 1
"ABBA-The Hits" Picnic Pops Concert at Cannonsburg
This is a tribute show featuring four singers from Sweden singing ABBA's hits as part of the Grand Rapids Symphony's Chase Picnic Pops series.
The gates open at 5 PM and the concert starts at 7:30 PM. Pack a picnic supper, bring lawn chairs or a blanket and come early to enjoy this show. It promises to be great fun!
August 15
Children's Story Time at Cascade Library, 2870 Jacksmith Ave. SE (Good Room): Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender by Elsa Beskow
10-11:30 AM
September 26
Swedish Council of America Dinner at University Club
Featuring entertainment by Magnus Martensson. Hailed as the successor of Victor Borge, this Swedish comedian, pianist and conductor is currently the Music Director of the Scandinavian Chamber Orchestra of New York. Martensson has performed his comedy & music act at the United Nations and in cities around the country, including Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Las Vegas, Chicago and Washington DC.
October 21
Book Club at Schuler Books (3165 Alpine NW): Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela Vida
On the day of her father's funeral, twenty-eight-year-old Clarissa Iverton discovers that he wasn't her biological father after all. Her mother disappeared fourteen years earlier, and now Clarissa is alone and adrift. She finds her birth certificate, which leads her from New York to Helsinki, and then north of the Arctic Circle, to mystical Lapland, where she believes she'll meet her real father. There, under the northern lights of a sunless winter, Clarissa comes to know the Sami, the indigenous population, and seeks out a local priest, the one man who may hold the key to her origins. The Chicago Tribune called it "a stirring novel... as alive and fascinating as the brilliant atmospheric phenomenon of its title."
7 PM
November 1
Cultural Day at Thornapple Covenant Church
December 6
Lucia at St. Mark's Episcopal Church
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ONGOING:
Women's Group: Flitiga Lisor
Flitiga Lisor är en grupp kvinnliga, svensktalande medlemmar som träffas ungefär en gång i månaden. Gruppen startades under hösten 2003, då vi träffades regelbundet för att tillverka julsaker att sälja på Lucia. Det lyckades bra och förtjänsten gick till SAHS. När vi inte känner för att vara så flitiga, träffas vi bara för att prata och fika.
Flitiga Lisor is a group of Swedish speaking women that meets once a month or so. It began during the fall of 2003 when we got together to make Christmas crafts to sell at the Lucia celebration. The project was a success and the money earned went to SAHS. When we feel less inclined to work we get together to have coffee and speak Swedish.
For more information, contact Kerstin Trowbridge at kerstin@trowbridge.org.
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